Young adults' partner preferences and parents' in-law preferences across generations, genders, and nations

• Main Authors: Locke, Kenneth D., Mastor, Khairul A., MacDonald, Geoff, Barni, Daniela, Morio, Hiroaki, Reyes, Jose Alberto S., Vargas-Flores, José De Jesus, Ibáñez-Reyes, Joselina, Kamble, Shanmukh, Ortiz, Fernando A.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 2020
• Subjects: Mate selection; Parental acceptance; Parental influences; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/faculty_research/2791
• Institution: De La Salle University

To examine cultural, gender, and parent–child differences in partner preferences, in eight countries undergraduates (n = 2,071) and their parents (n = 1,851) ranked the desirability of qualities in someone the student might marry. Despite sizable cultural differences—especially between Southeast Asi...